1 Chronicles 1:17
The Bnei Shem: Eilam, and Ashur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Utz, and Chul, and Geter, and Meshech.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16And the Arvadi, and the Tzemari, and the Chamati.
18And Arpachshad fathered Shelach, and Shelach fathered Ever.
Cross References
Genesis 10:21Also unto Shem avi kol Bnei Ever, and the older brother of Yephet, even to him were offspring born.
Genesis 11:10These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul;
Numbers 23:7And he took up his mashal, and said, 1 Balak Melech Moav hath brought me from Aram (Syria), 1 out of the mountains of the east, saying, 1 Come, curse for me Ya'akov, 1 and come, denounce Yisroel. 1
Ezra 4:2Then they came to Zerubavel, and to the chief of the avot, and said unto them, Let us build with you, for we seek Eloheichem, as ye do, and we do sacrifice unto Him since the days Esar-Chaddon Melech Ashur (Assyria), which brought us here. + 4:2 See 2Kgs 19:37 ; also 17:33
Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in Yom HaHu, that Adonoi shall set His yad again the second time to recover the She'ar (Remnant) of His people, which shall be left, + 11:11 as survivors from Assyria, and from Mitzrayim, and from Patros, and from Kush, and from Eilam, and from Shinar, and from Chamat, and from the islands of the sea. 1
Isaiah 22:6And Eilam bore the ashpah (quiver) 1 with chariots of adam and parashim, 1 and Kir uncovered the mogen (shield). 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 1:2-28
First Chronicles In common things repetition is thought needless and nauseous; but, in sacred things, precept must be upon precept and line upon line. To me, says the apostle, to write the same things is not grievous, but for you it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . These books of Chronicles are in a great measure repetition; so are much of the second and third of the four evangelists: and yet there are no tautologies either here or there no vain repetitions. We may be ready to think that of all the books of holy scripture… Read the whole commentary →